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easyeyes4you, Jul 31, 2020
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William Quarrier was born in Greenock on 29 September 1829, but moved to Glasgow aged three following the death of his father and spent most of his childhood in poverty. Reflecting on his charitable acts in 1872, he accredited his philanthropy largely to these experiences:

"When a little boy, I stood in the High Street of Glasgow, barefoot, bareheaded, cold and hungry, having tasted no food for a day and a half, and, as I gazed at each passer-by, wondering why they did not help such as I, a thought passed through my mind that I would not do as they when I would get the means to help others"

At 17 he began work as a shoemaker after training as an apprentice. At this stage, he became a devout Christian. He soon owned a chain of shops and married Isabella Hunter, the daughter of his first employer. Quarrier fathered four children: Isabella, Agnes, Frank and Mary Quarrier.

Quarrier is best known for his charitable work. In 1871 he opened a night refuge for homeless children in Renfrew Street, Glasgow.

Then in 1876, using charitable donations, Quarrier began to build the Orphan Homes of Scotland on a piece of land now in Inverclyde and between the villages of Kilmacolm and Bridge of Weir, falling within the civil parish of the former. By the 1890s 'Quarrier's Village', as it is now known, was home to 34 cottages, a school, a church and a fire station. The village was home to up to 1,500 children at a time. Children in need could be housed in conditions close to a home environment. Each cottage housed up to thirty children under the care of a "father and mother". Children were taught self-reliance and were well educated in the village school.

From 1870 to 1936 the Orphan Homes of Scotland founded by William Quarrier participated in the British child relocation program sending more than 7,000 young people to Canada where they were employed, as farm labourers.

William Quarrier died on 16 October 1903. He is buried alongside his wife in the Mount Zion Church cemetery at Quarrier's Village.

His work continues through the social care charity Quarriers, which is still based at Quarriers Village.

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    • flowersgal
      Wonderful journaling in telling the story of this extraordinary man -- William Quarrier. And I like how you tied the story into that of your own grandfather on the previous page. I love all the historic photos that accompany your story. Inspiring!
    • LynnG
      This pages are just wonderful!
    • mcurtt
      Your double paged layout is just wonderful! I love how this one picks up the blue from your first spread and then adds in some blended browns. Such wonderful photos you were able to obtain, an important part of your grandfather's childhood. A sad story, but it appears that it had a happy ending to be adopted into such a generous and caring family. Thanks again for sharing & participating in Lynn's challenge. :beat
    • cookingmylife
      Just wonderful addition to the first page. A really well documented story to two men and how their lives were changed by someone's compassion.
    • Angela Toucan
      brilliant documenting
    • djp332
      Great story!
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